In 2016 the members of the Chapecoense soccer club, an underdog from Brazil, boarded a plane for a trip to Colombia to play a crucial match against the Atlético Nacional team. Eight miles from the airport in Medellín, the charter craft crashed in the nearby mountains; all but six of the 77 passengers died. The team itself lost 19 players.
“Nossa Chape,” a title that translates as “Our Team,” begins with a sketch of the small city of Chapecó, billing it as a place of “trailblazers and warriors.” The implication is that if there’s a people who can rebuild after a tragedy, it’s the city’s residents.